.TH simple-backup 1  "March 6, 2010" "version 0.1" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
simple-backup \- create snapshot backups based on rsync and hard links
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B simple-backup
[\-c] [\-q] [\-h] [\-i ignore_pattern] [\-f blacklist_file] source target
.SH DESCRIPTION
rsync and hard links form now adays a well known technology to
create backups for unix machines. Using rsync enables the the
user to create backups both on locally mounted devices and
remote (using ssh). Hard links reduce the space needed to hold
multiple snapshots.
.PP
simple-backup is makes it very easy to create backups using rsync and
hard links.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\-h
display a short help text
.TP
\-q
be quite
.TP
\-c
Use compression when working with remote connections
.TP
\-i ignore_pattern
Exclude all files matching the given pattern from the backup. See rsync(1) --exclude option
for details.
.TP
\-f blacklist_file
Use the given file as a blacklist of files/ directories to be excluded from the backup
Each line in the file names a file/ directory to be excluded. See rsync(1) --exclude-file for
details.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Backup your all home directories to /var/backup/snapshots/home
.B simple-backup /home/ /var/backup/snapshots/home
.PP
.TP
Backup folder /etc from a remote machine
.B simple-backup \-c \-s root@mars.galaxy:/etc \-t /backup/mars/etc
.SH AUTHOR
Alexander Metzner (alexander.metzner (at) gmail.com)
.SH SEE ALSO
rsync(1)
cp(1)

